Anibal Sanchez

Right-hander Mike Wright needed a month of tough luck to change Saturday night, but it wouldn’t happen until he got a little tough love from superstar Miguel Cabrera in the Orioles’ 9-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers at Camden Yards.

It was the seventh straight victory for the Orioles (23-12) and the 11th loss in 12 games for the tailspinning Tigers (15-21).

Wright was trading scoreless innings with Tigers pitcher Anibal Sanchez until Cabrera hit a ball so hard in the sixth inning that it almost cleared both bullpens and reached the statue court well behind left-center field.

That was no great sin, of course. Wright isn’t the first guy to give...

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